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‘The ocean swell separates gangway from platform at times by several meters and we must jump when ordered.’

‘He and the delegates went up the gangway of 19 ships in the ports of Cairns and Townsville to check pay and conditions.’

‘When CMDR Leggatt crossed the gangway for the last time, there was no piping party or salutes, but there was a final send-off.’

‘They both stood at the rail as the gangway was eventually raised and the ship was nudged out of its berth.’

‘Asked by Navy News if a sailor on Christmas Island now was to approach his ship, would he find a Naval police coxswain at the foot of the gangway waiting to check his bag?’

‘In all, 176 passengers were escorted off the Mississippi Belle II without incident over a gangway rigged up from the shore, officials said.’

‘However, the metal gangway which joined ship to shore was badly damaged and cadets have been busy repairing it.’

‘As the ship's company, in their summer whites, descended the gangway in single file, a roar of jubilation filled the air.’

‘Many sailors ran down the gangway Friday, carrying roses for their loved ones waiting on the fogbound shore.’

‘On a customary tropical Hawaiian day, personnel mustered on the gangway and were whisked away to the Arizona Memorial.’

‘Each child left the ship with a signed certificate and a goody-bag of sweets, chocolates, a drink and a Royal Navy hat - although most of the food was eaten before they got near the gangway.’

‘Dozens of people were on the gangway to board the ship when the passageway collapsed, according to the rescue workers.’

‘That was not an employee/employer case, but the plaintiff was injured on the gangway of a ship.’

‘Instead he found himself running down a ship's gangway, helping troops prepare for the biggest invasion in military history.’

‘He attempted to board the vessel by jumping from the quayside as a gangway was not rigged, but fell into the water.’

‘The ship's company, resplendent in white, marched onboard and cheered ship, before CMDR Sammut was piped across the gangway for the first time.’

‘Crew on board the CSL Yarra have been denied food and other supplies by the ship's owners as the stand-off at Port Pirie enters its third day with ship workers refusing to lower the gangway.’

‘Shaped like the letter Y, the main bridge is curved, with a secondary gangway linked to the quayside a short distance away.’

‘Local interest was further evident when the ship opened her gangway to the public.’

‘The VIPS came ashore and the gangway was removed.’

1.3An opening in the bulwarks by which a ship is entered or left.

‘A section of the starboard bulwarks was removed to create a gangway, or opening.’

‘Feeling none, he moved through it, and continued down the passage toward the next hatch, and the gangway next to the crew's quarters, that led to ‘B’ deck.’

‘The radioman threw several switches and began to talk softly into his mike, as Nelson left the Radio Shack, climbing the gangway to the Flying Bridge.’

‘Mr. Carney said that he had served on many vessels, and had visited many more, where the fuel oil shut-off valve actuators were located in public spaces such as passageways, the crew laundry, or the poop deck near the gangway.’